A Study to Assess the Impact of Cell Phone among School Children in Bhubaneswar Khorda, Odisha

Mobile phones have become an essential part of anyones day to day life since 1990s. As cell phones have become more available, they are increasingly owned and used by college university students as well. Objectives 1. To assess the knowledge of student regarding Health impact of cell phone. 2. To find out association between knowledge level regarding health impact and their Socio demographic variable. Methodology Non experimental descriptive research design was selected for 200 school going children who were belongs age group between 10 18 years studied in selected school, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Simple random sampling technique was used. Results It shows that most of the students were having inadequate knowledge that is 43.611 . Only 18 students having adequate knowledge regarding Health impact of cell phone. Knowledge level and their Socio demographic variable Age, Gender, Religion, father's occupation, Educational status of father's, mother's occupation, Number of siblings having, Type of family, Family income were shows significantly associated P 0.05 .Conclusion Each and every technology has its own advantages and disadvantages for students and mobile phone is one of them. Mr Sarvendra Pratap | Mr Rajdip Majumder | Nityananda Pattanaik "A Study to Assess the Impact of Cell Phone among School Children in Bhubaneswar Khorda, Odisha" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd43706.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.commedicine/nursing/43706/a-study-to-assess-the-impact-of-cell-phone-among-school-children-in-bhubaneswar-khorda-odisha/mr-sarvendra-pratap